Alert neighbors as well as public safety personnel were honored at Monday night’s Board of Selectmen meeting for saving a driver from a burning car crash earlier this month.

Nathaniel Everett, Michael McGowan and Kenneth Bowman, all of Summer Street, reacted quickly when a car driven by Brian Edlund crashed into a tree near Bowman’s home on Feb. 8.

The neighbors pulled Edlund out of his car through the driver’s window shortly before it burst into flames, assisted by Easton Police Officer Charles Hopkins.

The members of the Fire Department Group 3 that responded to the call included Captain William Downey, firefighters John Beltramini and Glenn Corbett on Engine 5, firefighters James Davey and Jim Welsh on Engine 4, and firefighter/paramedics Tim Griffin and Scott Brennan on ambulance 2. The engine crews took quick action to extinguish the vehicle fire, while Medics Brennan and Griffin began treating the severely injured victim.

“The paramedics did an outstanding job at tending to the severe injuries suffered by Mr. Edlund, and treating, transporting and transferring him to the Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center in a short time frame is commendable,” Town Administrator David Colton wrote in his report to the selectmen.